SerialTactiComConsole.py

"""
This is a simple console application to send commands to a TactiCom device through serial and print the responses.
The example use TactiSerial but can be easily adapted to use another TactiCom implementation.
"""
import time

from tacticom import SerialTactiCom


def commands_handler(command: str, ask_code: str, reply_code: str, arguments: list):
    """Function to handle received commands"""
    print("Received command " + command + " with args: " + str(arguments))


# Create a SerialTactiCom. Can be replaced by another TactiCom implementation. Here we ignore invalid messages to allow
# the arduino to send raw debug serial messages
stc = SerialTactiCom("R1", "/dev/ttyACM0", 115200, commands_handler, on_invalid_message="ignore")
stc.open()  # Open the serial port

print("Connected to TactiCom device")
while True:
    # Prompt for command name
    command_name = input("Enter command name: ")
    if command_name == "exit":
        break

    command_name, *args = command_name.split(" ")

    # Prompt for command args
    if not args:
        args = []
        while True:
            arg = input("Enter command args (add empty argument to finish): ")
            if arg == "":
                break
            args.append(arg)
            
    # Send the command (always as request, works for events too)
    stc.send_request(command_name, *args, wait=False)

    time.sleep(0.5)  # Wait for device response before prompting for next command

stc.close()  # Close the communication port